The Progress., 1887-11-19
SHERIFF MATSON,

!, "A1ooN. him O CHEEKY good
and Spies sWoke Engel ut once arose from
ms punk: Spies, however, stretched his arms
and and lay still moment as If thinking. Par.
thc opposite wall of his cell. Then he sighed
in a sad and;weary way, and slowly arose. >
"A AT o'clock the food which had been ordered
was brought.i .ir andstaken t0 the cells. All had
ordered becfsteas; eotfee,~ bread and butter,
put Parsons: who had expressed o desire for q
aiSh m % Of raw oysters, fried eggs and milk toast.
cleared every thing before him and asked for o,
plate OF fried: oysters. They were quickly pro-
curea e1 and as quickly put out OF sight !
When the prisoners had finished their last
meal touching letter of farewell, signed by
f1elden nnd Schwab; part being in the land
W. SMri.nS e., Of each man was brought downstairs
Spies, thel,ain turn to Parsons, Engel and
Fischer.
A few minutes later, Rev. H. w: Bolton, pas.
tor Of the First Methodist Church. arrived at
the court yard door, and asked to be permitted
to talk with the condemned: He had been
with them up to II o'clock Thursday night, but
had encountered cool treatment from all but
Engei, Who remained passive. and allowed the
man Of God to talk freely. The minister. at his
own dosare, was conducted to the cell occupied
by Parsons, with whom he commenced to talk
Meanwhile, Spies had called tor paper, pen and
INK, and was soon busily engaged in writing.
At SIG MI Bolton having passed Just eighteen
er moved along the corridor and stopped at the
yell where spies was writing. The Anarchist
aoohCu OuG without q WOru or q look
OF recognition he returned his eyes to the pa
per before him and his pen to its work. After
standing at the door for few minutes in
the vain hope that Spies after all would CON
sent to admit him, Mr.. Bolton went to the next
CELL which was occupied by Engel. Here he
was readily admitted. After short stay here
he visited Fisher.
Mr. Bolton has been regular visitor ut the
Jail for several days past, but has met with no
encouragement from any of the four mon who
nave now expated their crimes with their
lives They told Mr. Bolton, all OF them, that
they would die as they had lived, protesting no
1alth and acknowledging respect to no creed:
At $40 the sheriff directed one of the turn
stimulants. Th S was done, but all declined
except Engel, who expressed a desire for port
Vine. A bottle was procured, and he emptied
three large Wine glasses filed to the brim.
Later on Spies drank some Rhine wine.
In the meantime there was considerable stir
IN the vicinity of the Jail on the outside At 5
o'clock $50 police armed with 16.shot Win
chester rifles, surrounded the jail block ana the
lntersectlng streets were crossed by the stout
ropes behind which stood a file of blue coats
with rifles at a carry" Idlers were not allowed
To tarry but were hustled on unceremoniously.
The work of preparing the -four mon for the
Gray arrived. The first thing was to dress
them in the suits prepared for the execution
After being dressed, Fischer, Engel and
Parsons commenced to pace up and down their
cells, and Fischer said he felt perfectly ha,ipy.
Spies leaned against the wall away back In his
cage. Sheriff Matson stated that all the con
demned men had Written letters to their
families and other friends, which had been In
trusted to him for personal delivery.